Help-Seeking and Barriers to Care in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review

Wright, Elizabeth Novack; Anderson, Jocelyn; Phillips, Kat; Miyamoto, Sheridan

doi:10.1177/1524838021998305

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“…In developed countries like Australia and the UK, maternal mental health screening is integral to routine care, while in Vietnam and other Asian countries, it is rarely considered unless a woman's condition is very severe and obvious (Koirala & Chuemchit, 2020). This study confirmed findings from previous studies that a lack of clinical training is a major barrier for IPV screening and improvement in psychosocial antenatal care practice (Githui et al, 2018;Hasselle et al, 2020;Wright et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…A reasonable approach to tackle this difference could be to make the services available for victims, such as shelters or free hotlines, more easily accessible. Specialist training should also be made available to professionals working with victims and their families so that they are better equipped to provide high-quality care (Hasselle et al, 2020;Wright et al, 2021). These suggestions correspond with Le et al (2019) who found that to improve monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, the quality of training for health workers should focus on effectively implementing policies for domestic violence prevention in local settings.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Although emotional/verbal abuse is commonly the most prevalent, followed by physical violence and sexual coercion, there has been a tendency in many studies to focus mainly on physical or sexual p-IPV and ignore emotional violence (Gibbs et al, 2020;Reichenheim et al, 2017;Sanchez et al, 2017;Woerner & Sullivan, 2019;Wright et al, 2021). In addition, different forms of violence are connected because some types of violence (e.g., child maltreatment and IPV) often share the same root causes and common consequences (Guedes et al, 2016).…”

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“…depression) screening during antenatal care (Accortt & Wong, 2017;Daley et al, 2020;Duchesne et al, 2021;O'Connor et al, 2016), how to minimise maternal distress during clinical interviews for investigating maternal mental disorder and various forms of p-IPV remains uncertain (Barney et al, 2009;Rössler, 2016). Some studies have suggested a "gold standard" method to improve rapport and open disclosure, including one on one interviews in a private place where participants can be asked about specific experiences of violent acts (Abbe & Brandon, 2013;Ruiz-Pérez et al, 2007;Wright et al, 2021). Self-administered questionnaires are often used because they give women an opportunity to reveal their situation in a way that reduces embarrassment and stigma (Langhinrichsen-Rohling, 2005); however, the measuring tool needs to have good validity and reliability to correctly detect who has experienced p-IPV (Bender, 2016), especially in Asian countries where mental health literacy may be lower than in Western and HICs (Bambridge et al, 2017).…”

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Violence and adversity among pregnant women and new mothers in central Vietnam

Huyền¹

2021

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Prenatal intimate partner violence (p-IPV) can harm the physical and mental health of mothers and their offspring, and the effects can persist throughout life. Among Asian countries, which are strongly influenced by patriarchal ideology, Confucian beliefs and gender norms, Vietnamese women are at high risk of physical and psychological trauma from abusive behaviours. Current social, economic, and political transitions can reinforce gender inequality, and also change expectations of partners within intimate relationship; this interplay has been associated with individual men’s use of violence.

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Violence and adversity among pregnant women and new mothers in central Vietnam

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2021

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“…(19. ) Apua väkivaltaan liittyviin ongelmiin ja oirei siin haetaan pääasiassa sosiaali ja tervey den huol losta (20)(21). Nämä tahot ovat siten avain ase massa väkivallan tunnistamisessa ja siihen puut tumisessa.…”

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Korona, koti ja kontrolli: väkivaltatyöntekijöiden näkemyksiä lähisuhdeväkivallan kohteina olleiden avun saamisen haasteista korona-aikana

Husso

Hyväri

Kaittila

et al. 2021

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Lähisuhdeväkivalta on maailmanlaajuinen vakava sosiaalinen ja terveydellinen ongelma sekä ihmisoikeuskysymys. Tutkimukset osoittavat, että läheisissä suhteissa tapahtuva väkivalta on tyypillisesti lisääntynyt yhteiskunnallisten kriisien, kuten pandemioiden ja luonnonkatastrofien yhteydessä. Suositukset ja rajoitukset sosiaalisten kontaktien välttämiseen ovat olleet perusteltuja koronaviruksen leviämisen estämisessä. Lähisuhdeväkivallan kokijat kotiin eristäytyminen on kuitenkin saattanut aiempaa haavoittuvampaan asemaan. Artikkelissa jäsennetään väkivaltatyöntekijöiden näkemyksiä lähisuhdeväkivaltaa kokeneiden avun saamisen haasteista ja kysytään, miten turvakodeista ja väkivaltatyön avopalveluista lähisuhdeväkivaltaan apua hakeneiden tilanne ja palvelujen saatavuus on korona-aikana muuttunut. Empiirisenä aineistona käytetään turvakodeista korona-aikana kerättyjä seurantakyselyjä sekä turvakotien ja väkivaltatyön avopalvelujen työntekijöiden fokusryhmähaastatteluja. Laadullisen tutkimuksen analyysimenetelmänä hyödynnetään temaattista sisällönanalyysia. Tulokset osoittavat, että kotiin eristäytyminen korona-aikana on mahdollistanut ja tehnyt näkyväksi pakottavan kontrollin ja vallankäytön tapoja, jotka ovat vaikeuttaneet lähisuhdeväkivaltaa kokeneiden avun hakemista ja vastaanottamista. Esimerkiksi digitaalisen ja taloudellisen väkivallan muodot ovat nousseet aiempaa vahvemmin esille asiakastyössä. Myös lasten määrän väheneminen turvakodeissa, lasten katoaminen väkivaltatyön piiristä ja haavoittuvien ryhmien, kuten ulkomaalaistaustaisten palvelujen piiriin pääseminen ovat herättäneet huolta ammattilaisten keskuudessa. Korona-ajan arjen ja työn käytäntöjen muutokset sekä pandemiaan liittyvät uhat ja pelot asettavat haasteita väkivaltatyölle ja palvelujärjestelmälle. Tieto siitä, miten koronatilanne vaikuttaa avun hakemiseen, tarjoamiseen ja vastaanottamiseen on tärkeää väkivaltainterventioiden kohdentamiseksi ja tuen ja palveluiden saatavuuden turvaamiseksi.

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“Just something that happened?”: Mental health impact of disclosure and framing of sexual violence in older victims

Nobels,

Meersman,

Lemmens

et al. 2023

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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IntroductionDespite the important impact of sexual violence (SV) on mental health, few victims disclose their experiences. Although research in adult victims suggests that SV disclosure could protect against long‐term mental health problems, studies in older adults are lacking.ObjectivesTo establish the prevalence of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicide attempts, and self‐harm, their association with SV disclosure, and the moderating effect of sociodemographic characteristics and SV framing in the relation between SV disclosure and the different mental health outcomes in older SV victims.MethodsData on sexual victimisation, mental health, SV framing, and disclosure were collected through structured face‐to‐face interviews with 171 randomly selected sexually victimised adults of 70 years and older living in Belgium. SV was measured using behaviourally specific questions based on a broad definition. Mental health outcomes were measured using validated scales.ResultsDepression, anxiety and PTSD were reported by 34%, 33% and 9% of participants respectively, 5% had attempted suicide and 1% reported self‐harm during lifetime. SV framing was associated with the kind of help victims consulted. SV disclosure was not linked with depression and anxiety, but was associated with an increase of PTSD symptoms in older victims with care dependency (p = 0.004) or a chronic illness and/or disability (p = 0.025).ConclusionsSV disclosure in itself does not protect against adverse mental health outcomes in old age. Capacity building of professionals trough training and development of clinical guidelines and care procedures may increase appropriate response to SV disclosure by older victims.

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Help-Seeking and Barriers to Care in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review

Cited by 50 publications

References 77 publications

Violence and adversity among pregnant women and new mothers in central Vietnam

Violence and adversity among pregnant women and new mothers in central Vietnam

Korona, koti ja kontrolli: väkivaltatyöntekijöiden näkemyksiä lähisuhdeväkivallan kohteina olleiden avun saamisen haasteista korona-aikana

“Just something that happened?”: Mental health impact of disclosure and framing of sexual violence in older victims

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